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Continue reading →: So who did write the “brilliant” letter?
From the Daily Telegraph online letters page: "Correction: In yesterday’s paper, we published a letter purporting to come from Mike Hallissey, a consultant surgeon in Birmingham. In fact, the letter was not written by Mr Hallissey and did not reflect his views. We apologise unreservedly for the embarrassment this will…
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Continue reading →: Brilliant letter from Mr Mike Hallissey?
Link: NHS Blog Doctor: Brilliant letter from Mr Mike Hallissey. It tells you everything you need to know about today’s NHS that people cannot decide if the letter referred to in this post by Dr. John Crippen over at NHS Blog Doctor is (a) for real, (b) a brilliant spoof…
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Continue reading →: The Army’s view of Patrick Mercer
Link: British Army Rumour Service > > Forums > > The Serious Bit > > Current Affairs, News and Analysis > > Tory Frontbencher sacked over comments about racism in army. It is with great regret that I judge Dave Cameron to have done the right thing in dismissing Patrick…
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Continue reading →: Listen with Mother
Link: Mother speaks out about Ruth Turner’s ‘harrowing’ ordeal | the Daily Mail. Ah, diddums. My mother is made of sterner stuff and would tell me, in poor Ruthie’s place, that if I wasn’t ready for the heat, I shouldn’t have been so eager for a job in the kitchen.…
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Continue reading →: Couple stand by “forbidden love”
Link: BBC NEWS | Europe | Couple stand by forbidden love. This brother and sister did not grow up together in the same family. If they had, most people would instinctively find the whole story too revolting for intelligent discussion. They met as adults, but interestingly did know that they…
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Continue reading →: Email leak was ‘to wreck honours inquiry’
Link: Email leak was ‘to wreck honours inquiry’ | Uk News | News | Telegraph. Curiouser and curiouser. Not the theory, of course, which Guido put forward some time before the Daily Telegraph, but the fact that the police seem to be briefing about it. Something "Downing Street" has done…
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Continue reading →: Another conspiracy to pervert the course of justice?
Link: News of the World – Online Edition. I apologise to Guido for thinking his theory about the injuncted email contrived. It seems that police sources have alleged to the News of the World that Number 10 did leak the email itself, presumably so as to try to engineer a…
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Continue reading →: Terry Watch, because he has a public mandate to be a moonbat
Link: Terry Watch, because he has a public mandate to be a moonbat. If you have not yet discovered the comic phenomenon and anthropological curiosity that is Councillor Terry Kelly, then Terry Watch, my blog of the week, is the perfect introduction. Bookmark it, subscribe to it, tattoo the URL…
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Continue reading →: Let Them Eat Tofu, by Ann Coulter
Link: Let Them Eat Tofu! by Ann Coulter – HUMAN EVENTS. God bless America. Even her wet liberals can sing and she produces real Conservatives, with enough fire in their bellies to evaporate a Guardianista at 100 yards. How I roared at the following line: "The whole U.S. will look…
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Tom is a retired international lawyer. He was a partner in a City of London law firm and spent almost twenty years abroad serving clients from all over the world.
Returning to London on retirement in 2011, he was dismayed to discover how much liberty had been lost in the UK while he was away.
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I’m generally against more laws but would make an exception for this. Goose, Gander, etc. We should be using their…
I like it and agree. I’m not sure how many others would! 😎
That’s a modern “more law” approach — and certainly consistent with our Establishment’s current aggressive approach. However I don’t want…
Maybe they should be legally required to only provide halal to muslims or those that request it. If you are…
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